WAC 357-19-070

What happens if an employee who is serving a probationary or trial service period accepts an appointment to another permanent position with the same employer?

If an employee accepts an appointment to another permanent position with the same employer while serving a probationary or trial service period, the following applies:

(1) If the employer determines the positions or classes to which the positions are allocated are closely related the employer may count time served in the initial probationary or trial service toward the probationary or trial service period of the new position; or

(2) If the employer determines the positions or classes to which the positions are allocated are not closely related the probationary or trial service period of the new position starts over.